Mode oe supplying ink to the pens oe p apeb-iujling machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS EDWARDS, OE NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

MODE OF SUPPLYING INK TO THE PENS OF PAPER-RULING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 1,309, dated August 31, 1839.

To @ZZ 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwis EDWARDS, of Norwich, in the county of NewLondon and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Supplying Ink to the Pens of Common Ruling-Machines,which is described as follows, reference being had to the annexeddrawings of the same, making part of this speciication.

Figure 1 represents a top view of said improved part of the paper rulingmachine. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section at the line x w of Fig. l.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

The nature of this improvement consists in a new mode of supplying inkto the pens, by which mode the constant application of ink with a brushis obviated, as the pens supply themselves from a fountain in thefollowing manner: Behind the pens I place a metallic trough A in whichthe ink is deposited. I lay one side of a cloth B across the pens C. Theother side is placed in the ink in the trough. By raising or loweringthe trough the discharge of the ink is regulated as is wanted. In thelarge trough A I place small ones D, which are movable and are forcontaining various colored inks.

The kind of pens which I usually employ are those generally supplied bymeans of a cloth and brush.

Vhat I claim as my invention and which I desire to secure by LettersPatent consists in-- The peculiar mode of supplying the pens with ink bythe combination of the cloth and ink trough one side of the cloth beingplaced over on the pens and the other immersed in the ink in the troughas before described which trough also contains smaller troughs forvarious colored inks as herein set forth.

LEIVIS EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

C. I-I. WILTBERGER, EDwD. MAHER.

